Re: Simpler rules for copyright notices

[Glenn Morris]

"Richard M. Stallman" wrote:

> To update the list of year numbers, add each year in which you
> change the package. (Here we assume you're using a publicly
> accessible revision control server, so that every revision installed
> is also immediately and automatically published.)

It just says "change". Does this mean there is no concept of a
"significant" change any more (eg >= 10 lines, etc)?

Also, I'd find it a help if there was a more explicit statement about
the guidelines we were given for Emacs, ie something about:

  If a package contains multiple files, then when you release a new
  version of the package, you should update the copyright years in
  _all_ files (regardless of whether a given file has been changed
  since the last release).


I don't see that the question I asked on Nov 2 ("Finish updating
copyright years" thread), about whether we should add 2001 for Emacs
is explicitly answered. I think the spirit of it is that we should -
is this what you want us to do?


(I'm not trying to make mountains out of molehills for the sake of it.
IANAL, but it seems details are important, and I want to do it right!).